Obit: Leichtnam, Martin (1841 - 1928)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames:
LEICHTNAM STRASBERG FIRNSTAHL SIMONS FISHER HERMAN ----Source: Colby
Phonograph (Colby, Wis.) 02/09/1928 Leichtnam, Martin
(1841 - 2 Feb 1928) Martin Leichtnam,
one of the first settlers of this vicinity, died Feb. 2, 1928, at
the home of his son, Ed, at Abbotsford, epilepsy of the heart being
the cause of his demise. Funeral services were held at the home at
Abbotsford Sunday afternoon, Rev. Lachnitt officiating, and
interment made in the Colby Catholic Cemetery. The deceased was
born in Canada in 1841 and came to Colby, Wis. with his parents
when ten years old. He was married to Caroline Strasberg in 1864.
This union was blessed with eleven children, seven of who are still
living. His wife died thirty-eight years ago. The children still
living are Mrs. Mike Firnstahl of Colby, Mrs. Rose Simons of
Milwaukee, Mrs. W. W. Fisher of Chicago, Mrs. W. Herman of Curtiss,
Mr. Albert Leichtnam of Colby, and Mr. Ed Leichtnam of
Abbotsford. The deceased was
one of the early pioneers of Colby, and when this was still a vast
wilderness, homesteaded here. It was he who roamed the woods in
search of suitable burial grounds and located the present Colby
Cemetery. He helped bury the first person to be laid at rest here.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and had the respect and
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